Good morning. It’s Friday, May 21, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing.
UPN confirmed Fall 2004-05 schedule: Monday: 8p One on One 830p Half and Half 9p Girlfriends 930p Second Time Around Tuesday: 8p All of Us 830p Eve 9p Veronica Mars Wednesday: 8p America’s Next Top Model 9p Kevin Hill Thursday: 8p WWE Smackdown! Friday: 8p America’s Next Top Model [r] 9p Star Trek: Enterprise
UPN New Series:
Second Time Around
is comedy about a couple who married, divorced, and have just married again. While that may seem a little flat or ordinary for a sitcom premise, the kicker here is the chemistry between the two leads – Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Parker, who happen to be a couple in real life as well. Regan Jon Inc. / C to the B Prods in assoc with Paramount Network Television.
Veronica Mars
is a drama about a girl who was once in with the in crowd, now she clearly on the outs. And she still has to go to high school everyday and see these people, not to mention helping her father out with his private detective business during her off hours. This series seems to have all the right pieces, it’s just a matter if they’re assembled properly, and the amount of tape seen at the upfront was not enough to distinguish that. Warner Bros. Television, Stu Seagall Prods, Silver Pictures Television.
Kevin Hill
on the other hand is very well put together in all areas. This story about a top notch lawyer (Taye Diggs), clearly on the rise, clearly with power and influence, and young and single at the same time. A snappy dresser (seriously snappy) and a look in his eye that makes you grin. And then one of this season’s more popular drama premises kicks in – a family member dies and he inherits the infant daughter. His life is upside down and right side up all at the same time. While this premise has been introduced elsewhere, it seems to resonate with this group more solidly, making this show the showstopper of the UPN upfront. Already fully gelled, already has an identity. And is clearly in the hottest time period the network has to offer. Icon Prods, Touchstone Television.
Midseason Series:
The Missy Elliott Project (working title) will step in between the two complete cycles of America’s Next Top Model (13 eps in each cycle). This reality show takes the Top Model format and applies it to music. Missy takes a group of aspiring singers on the road – literally, in a tour bus – and takes them to all sorts of small towns America, testing and challenging them over and over. Each ep (10 all together) finds one singer hitting the road, headed back home under their own steam.
Quick Note: Les Moonves says a 6th night of UPN may come along as soon as next year.
FOX confirmed Summer/Fall/Winter 2004-05 Schedules: Fox’s year-round programming initiative — June – October / November-January / January-June Monday: 8p The North Shore (6/14) / North Shore / Athens 9p The Casino (6/14) / The Swan 2 / 24 Tuesday 8p Bernie Mac / The Billionaire: Branson’s Quest for the Best / American Idol 830p Method & Red [r] (6/22) 9p The Jury (6/8) / House / House Wednesday 8p That 70’s Show 830p Quintuplets (6/16) / Quintuplets / Related by Family 9p Simple Life 2: Road Trip (6/16) / Bernie Mac Show / American Idol Results Show 930p Method & Red (6/16) / Method & Red / Bernie M Thursday: 8p The North Shore [r] 6/17) / The O.C. / The O.C. 9p Tru Calling / Tru Calling / True Calling Friday: 8p Totally Outrageous Behavior / The Next Great Champ / The Inside 830p Worlds Craziest Videos 9p The Jury [r] (6/11) / The Jury / Johnny Zero Saturday: 8p Cops 830p Cops 9p AMW Sunday: 7p Oliver Beane (6/6) / King of the Hill / Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show 730p King of the Hill / Malcolm / King of the Hill 8p Simpsons / Simpsons / Simpsons 830p Arrested Development / Arrested Development / Malcolm 9p Malcolm / The Partner / Arrested Development 930p Quintuplets [r] (6/20) / The Partner / American Dad
New Series:
The North Shore
is set on the island of Hawaii in a fabulous resort hotel with fabulous guests with fabulously demanding demands, and a staff (the core cast) trying to please everyone. This show presents all kinds of opportunity for guest stars (think Love Boat the Drama) and plenty of nice people to look at. 20th Century Fox Television
Athens
is from the same guys as The O.C., is billed as being more adult, yet it centers on a freshman college dorm and the new found freedoms out from under the rule of mom and dad. The story also delves into teacher/student relationships and being away from home for the first time. Wonderland Sound and Vision / Warner Bros. Television
The Casino
from Mark Burnett follows the day to day reality of buying a Las Vegas Casino and then learning while your doing – dealing with employees, cheating customers, the works. Coming from Mark Burnett Prods., this show begs a look see.
The Billionaire
is also a realty show, this one with Sir Richard Branson in the center square. Branson, the Chairman of Virgin Records, Airlines, etc., is a true adventurer and in this series he is looking for the best of the best adventurers in a group of young entrepreneurs as they go galavanting about the world in search of yet more adventure. If they fail to impress, they are sent home. Bunim-Murray Prods.
Method & Red
is a sitcom about a black family moving into a lily white, locked jawed, high crust neighborhood. Basically, they scare the neighbors just by showing up and in their efforts to make everyone feel at home, scare them even more. A little too expected, a little too ordinary, but has he right talent to break away if it can turn the corner into the unexpected and the extraordinary. Regency Television & 20th Century Fox.
The Jury
is a legal show that begins as they jury is getting their instructions from the judge. They move to the deliberation room where the remainder of the action takes place. We learn of the aspects of the case via their own flashbacks. Based on the pedigree of this show’s creators/producers, this one will likely stand the test of time. Levinson/Fontana, 20th Century Fox.
House
refers to a doctor’s name. Dr. House. This show looks great. Period. Medical mysteries – yes there are others next season that delve into the same arena – but no niceties, no frills, no compassion, no bedside manner, all of which make it about as compelling as television gets. Universal Television.
Quintuplets
is what happens when the babies become teenagers. Five ill-behaved teens under Andy Richter’s roof, comes across as taking the easy way out – not enough effort went into making the dialogue clever or witty or even funny. 20th Century Television and Imagine Television.
Related by Family
is about a group of teenagers who hang out in the mall food court. In the preview tape, the VO says this show is for ‘whoever has dreamed of working in fast food.” Well, there you go. Paramount Television.
Simple Life 2: Road Trip
needs no explanation. You know what you’re going to get – it’s Paris and Nicole all over again. A little jaw dropping, a lot of funny, always amazing. 20th Century Fox Television / Bunim-Murray Prods.
The Next Great Champ
with Oscar de la Hoya, in this reality show search for the next great boxer of our time. Who knows, maybe women will watch boxing. Endemol USA.
The Inside
is about an FBI Agent under cover in a high school, only things rarely go as one might hope. Not enough tape on this one to get a real feeling for the show. We’ll have to wait and see. 20th Century Fox Television / Imagine Television
Jonny Zero
is an ex con who’s just been released and wants to make a legal go of things, only his old buds are trying to draw him back. Meanwhile the FBI would like him to work for them as an undercover guy with access to some of the city’s seedier bars and living rooms. Warner Bros. Television in assoc with John Wells Prods.
Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show,
a Laugh-in style sketch comedy show with Kelsey as the self professed “comedic Alfred Hitchcock.” Some silly, some very creative, all part of the package. This show is based on the sophomore series currently airing in the UK. Grammet Prods / Avalon Television Ltd.
The Partner
is something like The Apprentice but for lawyers, described as John Houseman meets My Cousin Vinny. Their weekly task is to argue a case, brilliantly, based on real cases. Those on the losing side of the case go before the ‘celebrity’ Judge to argue their own case. The rest continue on to the next round. The last lawyer standing, becomes The Partner. Rocket Science Laboratories.
American Dad
is an animated series on Sunday nights next year and is about a father who happens to work for the CIA and sees conspiracies and terrorists at every door. Just going about his day trying to protect his family – wife, daughter, son, talking goldfish (secret CIA experiment) and a wisecracking Alien he rescued from Area 51. 20th Century Fox Television
Two notes – Every episode of 24 will air without commercials. Every single one of them. And Family Guy returns in June 2005.
Now, here’s a look a the full schedule – all broadcast networks for the summer/fall (alphabetically) [list does not include PAX b/c I don’t have the information with me, but will recap this schedule on Monday with PAX included]: ABC: Monday: The Benefactor, Monday Night Football Tuesday: My Wife & Kids, George Lopez, According to Jim, Rodney, NYPD Blue Wednesday: Lost, The Bachelor, Wife Swap Thursday: Extreme Makeover, Life as We Know It, Primetime Live Friday: 8 Simple Rules, Savages, Hope & Faith, Less than Perfect, 20/20 Saturday: Wonderful World of Disney Sunday: AFV, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Dangerous Wives, The Practice: Fleet Street
CBS: Monday: Still Standing, Listen Up, Raymond, Two and a Half Men, CSI Miami Tuesday: NCIS, Clubhouse, Judging Amy Wednesday: 60 Minutes, King of Queens, Center of the Universe, CSI NY Thursday: Survivor Vanuato, CSI, Without a Trace Friday: Joan of Arcadia, JAG, dr. vegas Saturday: 48 Hours, The Amazing Race, Crime Time Saturday Sunday: 60 Minutes, Cold Case, Sunday Night Movie
Fox: Monday: North Shore, The Casino Tuesday: Bernie Mac, Method & Red, The Jury Wednesday: That 70’s Show, Quintuplets, Simple Life 2, Method & Red [r] Thursday: North Shore [r], Tru Calling Friday: Totally Outrageous Behavior, Worlds Craziest Video, The Jury [r] Saturday: Cops Cops, AMW Sunday: Oliver Beane, King of the Hill, Simpsons, Arrested Development, Malcolm, Quintuplets [r]
NBC: Monday: Fear Factor, Las Vegas, LAX Tuesday: Average Joe, Father of the Pride, Scrubs, Law & Order SVU Wednesday: Hawaii, West Wing, Law & Order Thursday: Joey, Will & Grace, The Apprentice, ER Friday: Dateline, Third Watch, Medical Investigation Saturday: The Apprentice [r], Saturday Movie Sunday: Dateline, American Dreams, L&O: CI, Crossing Jordan
UPN: Monday: One on One, Half and Half, Girlfriends, Second Time Around Tuesday: All of Us, Eve, Veronica Mars Wednesday: America’s Next Top Model, Kevin Hill Thursday: WWE Smackdown Friday: America’s Next Top Model [r], Star Trek Enterprise
WB: Monday: 7th Heaven, Everwood Tuesday: Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill Wednesday: Smallville, Blue Collar TV, Drew Carey’s Green Screen Thursday: The Mountain, Studio 7 Friday: What I Like About You, Commando Nanny, Reba, Grounded for Life Sunday: Steve Harvey’s Big Time, Charmed, Jack & Bobby
Things I learned at the upfronts this week: Ireland has a population of about 4 million Brad Garrett thinks he needs to wear a name tag Everyone is #1 in something, and everyone has viewers who linger longer than anyone else’s, particularly longer than cable. If the laugh track is just loud enough, and the acoustics in the theatre are just right, the buyers can’t quite figure out if their laughing or not. ABC is like the fat kids who eat paste. Keifer Sutherland doesn’t like speaking to a large group: “Public speaking is not my foray.” Ah. For some, Elizabeth Vargas reminds them of Cynthia McFadden. Lenny Kravitz is fine at any time after 3pm
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of May 3 -9, 2004 ranked by HH Rtg Wheel of Fortune (King World) 8.2 AA Oprah (King World) 6.9 AA / 7.0 GAA Jeopardy (King World 6.6 AA Seinfeld (Sony) 6.0 AA / 7.1 GAA Friends (Warner Bros.) .8 AA / 6.9 GAA Dr. Phil (King World) 5.4 AA / 5.5 GAA Everybody Loves Raymond (King World) 5.4 AA / 6.1 GAA Entertainment Tonight (Paramount) 5.0 AA / 5.1 GAA Judge Judy (Paramount) 4.8 AA / 7.2 GAA That 70’s Show (Carsey-Werner) 3.5 AA / 4.5 GAA Source Nielsen Media Research
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of May 3 -9, 2004 ranked by A18-49 Seinfeld (Sony) 4.0 AA / 4.7 GAA Friends (Warner Bros.) 3.9 AA / 4.5 GAA Everybody Loves Raymond (King World) 3.0 AA / 3.3 GAA Oprah (King World) 2.7 AA / 2.8 GAA That 70’s Show (Carsey-Werner) 2.3 AA / 3.0 GAA Entertainment Tonight (Paramount) 2.3 AA / 2.4 GAA Wheel of Fortune (King World) 2.2 AA Will & Grace (Warner Bros.) 2.0 AA / 2.2 GAA Dr. Phil (King World) 2.0 AA / 2.0 GAA King of the Hill (20th) 1.9 AA / 2.2 GAA Jeopardy (King World) 1.8 AA Judge Judy (Paramount) 1.7 AA / 2.5 GAA King of Queens ((Sony) 1.7 AA / 2.0 GAA Source Nielsen Media Research9
There’s a new reality show scheduled to air on Spike TV in September 2004. The American Champion will feature an 11-week look into 10 fighters lives during that time and the fights they spar in. Three judges will pick the contestants by way of 3 round sparring matches from Chicago, Dallas, LA, New York, Philadelphia and Miami. Viewers will be able to view the fighters everyday lives and behaviors during the 11 week period via in house cameras. The final contestant will get the chance to fight World Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes and win a 1-year professional boxing deal. In addition, the show’s ringside audience will choose a Favorite Underdog. The underdog will have another try at knocking out the competition.
With assistance from the season finale of That 70’s Show and American Idol, Fox couldn’t lose on Wednesday night, ordering up an overall 7.6/20 A18-49 rating for the night according to Nielsen Media Research. ABC was #2 with an overall 4.9/13 with the season finale of The Bachelor, followed by NBC 4.0/10, WB 2.7/7, CBS 2.3/6, UPN 1.1/3. At 8pm Fox led with a 5.6/17 for the full hour, the finale of That 70’s Show brought in a 6.4/18 alone. ABC’s back to back My Wife & Kids delivered a 2.9/9 for the hour, just a share point ahead of Smallville’s season finale which found 2.6/8, #3 for the hour in the adult demo. Among M18-34, WB was #2 behind Fox with a 3.8/13 for the hour. At 9pm Fox strikes again with a 9.6/23 A1849 (12.0/26 among W18-49). It was followed by ABC’s The Bachelor first hour of its season finale (4.9/12; and a 7.1/16 among W18-49). WB’s Angel, this one the series finale, drew a 2.8/7 A18-49 and was once again #2 among M18-34 behind Fox with a 3.9/11. King of Queens finale on CBS drew a tight 2.8/7. ABC led at 10p with the final finale hour of The Bachelor with Jesse picking Jessica and earning a 6.9/17 for the hour (9.7/22 W18-49). In the adult 18-49 demo, NBC was right on its heels with Law & Order’s 6.4/16.
Sandra Dewey was upped to SVP/Original Programming for TBS and Turner Network Television (TNT). She will oversee the networks’ business divisions including business affairs, production and production finance for original productions (reality series, scripted series and movies). Sandra will work with Michael Wright, SVP/TNT Original Programming and Christy Kreisberg, VP/ TBS Original Programming. Michael and Christy are the creative decision makers for the originals. Sandra is based in LA and reports to Steve Koonin, EVP and COO of TBS and TNT.
Scripps Networks upped Jim Sexton to VP/HGTV.com and Traci Topham to VP/Interactive Ad Sales Marketing. Jim will be responsible for HGTV.com and certain special projects. Traci will continue to be involved with online ad sales marketing in addition to new duties concerning VOD and broadband ad sales marketing.
Abby Greensfelder was upped to SVP/Programming and Development for the Discovery Channel. Her previous position was VP of the same department since 2002. She will report to Jane Root, the channel’s new EVP and GM. Abby will be responsible for Discovery Channel’s scheduling, acquisitions and program development.
Correction: Listen Up!, the new Monday night 830p comedy on CBS next fall starring Jason Alexander, is from Regency Television and CBS Prods, not Warner Bros. Television.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004. Fast Affiliate Household Ratings for all Networks. Fast affiliate numbers which reflect time period data, not program data, and can change slightly once the finals come in, particularly for LIVE programming (i.e. Football). Source Nielsen Media Research. Time Period Averages Only. [p] = Premiere; [o] = Original; [r] = Repeat
FOX 10.1/16 That 70’s Show 6.1/11, That 70’s Show [season finale] 7.9/13, American Idol 13.1/20
NBC 8.0/13 The One with All the Other Ones: A Friends Retrospective 4.3/7, The West Wing 7.2/11, Law & Order 12.5/20
CBS 6.1/10 60 Minutes II 6.7/11, The King of Queens [season finale] 6.0/9, Everybody Loves Raymond [r] 5.9/9, 48 Hours 5.6/9
ABC 7.5/12 My Wife and Kids 5.3/9, My Wife and Kids [r] 5.3/9, The Bachelor [season finale] 8.6/13
UPN 1.8/3 Star Trek: Enterprise 2.3/4, I’m Still Alive 1.2/2
A18-49 FOX 7.6/20, ABC 4.9/13, NBC 4.0/10, WB 2.7/7, CBS 2.3/6, UPN 1.1/3
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